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Wat Phra Kaew

Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in .
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  • Opening hours:
    8:30 AM—3:30 PM
    8:30—4:30 PM
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Royal temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Grand Palace Bangkok Temple”, “Temple of the Emerald Buddha”, “Wat Phra Kaeo”, “Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram”, and “Wat Phrasri Rattana Sasadaram”
  • Address: Na Phra Lan Road, 10200
  • Wheelchair access: no
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Highlights include Khao San Road and Grand Palace.

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is a small road about a block from the Chao Phraya River at the northern side of . Backpackers and budget travellers are drawn here by some of the cheapest accommodation and travel deals in Thailand.

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The is a complex of buildings at the heart of , Thailand. The palace has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam since 1782. is situated 240 metres southwest of Wat Phra Kaew.

Temple
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is a temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bangkok and Rattanakosin.

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is the capital and largest city of . With a population of over eleven million inhabitants, is by far Thailand's main city, with the urban sprawl comprising nearly half of Thailand's population, and the largest city on the Southeast Asian mainland.

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, also known as Island, is the historic centre of , where most of Bangkok's "must see" sights can be found, including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho.

Neighborhood
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Tha Phra Chan is a pier on , , on the east bank of the , in Phra Nakhon District. The pier is beside Thammasat University's campus of the same name.

Wat Phra Kaew

Latitude
13.75151° or 13° 45′ 5″ north
Longitude
100.49269° or 100° 29′ 34″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7P52QF2V+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 230010054
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6942159
Wiki­data ID
Q1045876
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Wat Phra Kaew” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Arabic: “وات برا كايو”
  • Armenian: “Վատ Փհրաքեի”
  • Asturian: “Templu del Buda d’Esmeralda”
  • Asturian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Basque: “Esmeraldako Budaren tenplua”
  • Basque: “Esmeraldazko Budaren tenplua”
  • Basque: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Bhojpuri: “वाट फ्रा किउ”
  • Burmese: “ဝက်ဖရာကဲ”
  • Burmese: “ဝတ်ဖရာကဲ”
  • Catalan: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Chinese: “曼谷玉佛寺”
  • Chinese: “玉佛寺”
  • Czech: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
  • Danish: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Dutch: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Esperanto: “Ŭat Fra Kaeŭ”
  • Finnish: “Smaragdibuddhan temppeli”
  • Finnish: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
  • French: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
  • French: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • German: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
  • German: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • German: “Wat Phra Keo”
  • German: “Wat Phra Si Rattana Sadsadaram”
  • Greek: “Ουατ Πρα Κέου”
  • Hebrew: “ואט פרה קוו”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש בודהה האמרלד”
  • Hindi: “वाट फ्रा केव”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Budha Zamrud”
  • Indonesian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Indonesian: “Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram”
  • Indonesian: “วัดพระแก้ว”
  • Indonesian: “วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม”
  • Italian: “Tempio del Buddha di Smeraldo”
  • Italian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Japanese: “エメラルド寺院”
  • Japanese: “ワット・シーラッタナーサーサダーラーム”
  • Japanese: “ワット・プラケーオ”
  • Japanese: “ワット・プラケオ”
  • Khmer: “វត្តព្រះកែវ”
  • Korean: “에메랄드 부처 사원”
  • Korean: “에메랄드 사원”
  • Korean: “에메랄드사원”
  • Korean: “왓 프라 깨오”
  • Korean: “왓 프라 깨우”
  • Korean: “왓 프라깨오”
  • Korean: “왓 프라깨우&왕궁”
  • Korean: “왓 프라깨우”
  • Korean: “왓프라깨오”
  • Korean: “왓프라깨우”
  • Lao: “ວັດພຣະແກ້ວ”
  • Lao: “ວັດພຣະສຣີຣັຕນະສາສດາຣາມ”
  • Lao: “ວັດພະແກ້ວ”
  • Lao: “ວັດພະສີລັດຕະນະສາດສະດາຮາມ”
  • Latvian: “Vatprakevs”
  • Luxembourgish: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
  • Macedonian: “Ват Пра Кео”
  • Malay: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wat phra gaew”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Norwegian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਾਟ ਫਰਾ ਕੇਓ”
  • Persian: “معبد وات پو”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Szmaragdowego Buddy”
  • Polish: “Wat Phra Kaew w Bangkoku”
  • Polish: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Portuguese: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Portuguese: “Wat phra keo”
  • Russian: “Ват Пхра Кео”
  • Russian: “Ват Пхракэу”
  • Russian: “Храм Изумрудного Будды”
  • Slovenian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Spanish: “Templo del Buda de Esmeralda”
  • Spanish: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Tagalog: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Tamil: “வாட் பிரசிறீ ரத்தின சசாதரம்”
  • Thai: “วัดพระแก้ว”
  • Thai: “วัดพระแก้วมรกต”
  • Thai: “วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม”
  • Turkish: “Vat Phrakeo”
  • Ukrainian: “Ват Пхра Кео”
  • Urdu: “وات پھرا کائو”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Phật ngọc Bangkok”
  • Vietnamese: “Chùa Phra Kaew”
  • Vietnamese: “Wat Phra Kaew”
  • Welsh: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
  • “वाट फ्रा किउ”

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